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The political power of protest : minority activism and shifts in public policy /

Gillion, Daniel Q.

The political power of protest : minority activism and shifts in public policy / Daniel Q. Gillion - xiv, 191 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Cambridge studies in contentious politics .

I A Continuum of Information: The Influence of Minority Political Protest---

2 Measuring Information in Minority Protest---

3 Viewing Minority Protest from the Hill: The Individual and Collective Response from Congress---

4 Knocking on the President's Door: The Impact of Minority Protest on Presidential Responsiveness---

5 Appealing to an Unlikely Branch: Minority Political Protest and the Supreme Court

Conclusion: Settling Protest Dust in a Post-Racial Society



9781107031142 (pbk)

2012033206


Protest movements--United States.
Political participation--United States.
Minorities--Civil rights--United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General

323.4 GIL